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...Uncertainty over the ambitions of Peter Costello, the former treasurer in the Howard government, who has failed to rule himself out as a possible party leader, also made life difficult....
...Mr Costello cited his family, business ambitions and the need for “generational change”....
...The vote was held after Peter Costello, the former treasurer anointed by Mr Howard to succeed him, surprised colleagues by saying he would not stand....
...Potential rivals to Mr Costello include Brendan Nelson, the defence minister, Tony Abbott, the health minister, and Malcolm Turnbull, who joined the government after a career in banking and first rose to...
...Mr Howard said that Brendan Nelson, education minister, would replace Robert Hill, who resigned as defence minister last week....
...During their titanically successful run in The Producers, Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick etched themselves into a long American tradition of thick-thin comic duos – Laurel and Hardy, Abbott and Costello...
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